The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 12/31/2013 settlement date, which shows a 994,114 share decrease in total short interest for Jones Group Inc , to 3,726,141, a decrease of 21.06% since 12/13/2013. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission attorney
Willie
Briscoe and the securities litigation firm of
Powers
Taylor LLP are investigating potential claims against the Board of
Directors of The Jones...

Investors in Jones Group Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the January 2014 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the JNY options chain for the new January 2014 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Investors in Jones Group Inc saw new options become available this week, for the May 2014 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 185 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

Investors in Jones Group Inc saw new options become available today, for the December 21st expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the JNY options chain for the new December 21st contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Investors in Jones Group Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the October 19th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the JNY options chain for the new October 19th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/14/13, Jones Group Inc will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 8/30/13. As a percentage of JNY's recent stock price of $17.00, this dividend works out to approximately 0.29%.